9 Balfour Street, Burton On Trent, DE13 0TT

9 Balfour Street is an end-of-terrace house in Burton On Trent (DE13 0TT). It has a recorded floor area of 35 m² (around 377 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (February 2020) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in January 2009 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 35 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 39 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 32–82 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to C across 39 units on file.

Today's modelled estimate of £115,000 is 78.8% below the 2025 sale of £542,500, an unusual pattern given regional price growth and worth checking against the EPC condition. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,440/sq ft) was about 1140% above the typical sold price in the postcode. A recent sale: £542,500 in January 2025. At 35 m² it sits well below the postcode median (56 m² across 38 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs). 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.